2. A nickname applied to a person in the Northern States who sympathized with the South during the Civil War. [U.S.] [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
copper-belly — Copperhead Cop per*head , n. [From its color.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A poisonous American serpent ({Ancistrodon conotortrix}), closely allied to the rattlesnake, but without rattles; called also {copper belly}, and {red viper}. [1913 Webster] 2. A… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Copperhead — Cop per*head , n. [From its color.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A poisonous American serpent ({Ancistrodon conotortrix}), closely allied to the rattlesnake, but without rattles; called also {copper belly}, and {red viper}. [1913 Webster] 2. A nickname applied… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
red viper — Copperhead Cop per*head , n. [From its color.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A poisonous American serpent ({Ancistrodon conotortrix}), closely allied to the rattlesnake, but without rattles; called also {copper belly}, and {red viper}. [1913 Webster] 2. A… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
